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Auction: 5006 - British Empire
Lot: 440

BURMA Airmails 1941 (3 Sept.) 7oz. blue envelope (267x238mm.) registered from Rangoon to England and carried on the Hong Kong-U.S.A.-Lisbon North Atlantic and Trans-Pacific Route, bearing 1937 3a.6p., 25r. (2) and 1938 4a. and 2r. cancelled with Rangoon "fgn" c.d.s., censored at left and with various transit d.s. on reverse; the envelope slightly truncated with vertical crease at centre and with address deleted, nevertheless a remarkable high franking with the 25r. values very rare on cover. Photo Estimate £ 400-500

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